PSA: Don’t forget expiring Coke coupons

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Goddess

The last batch of the FREE 12 pack coupons from MyCokeRewards expires today. I always keep the freebie coupon in their own special pouch ’cause, well, they’re special! Since I had quite a few of the 3/31/14 coupons, I picked up 15 Mueller yogurts, 3 packs of Diet Coke, 6 pouches of Bumble Bee Albacore Tuna at Jewel and paid $3.42. Why so much? I only had a couple of the Coke coupons left, so sometimes you have to pay for food, unfair though it might seem.

Shopping at Whole Foods & Jewel – doing the happy dance!

Posted on March 11, 2014 by The Goddess

One more display case of the little Tide bottles from Jewel – 36 in all. Total OOP was $1.26. Yuck, boring picture and having to pay for doing laundry is just plain wrong! We need more women in charge in this country!

You see here (’cause I’m not neat like Rachel…well I’m not neat like – oh hell, I’m a slob!) 27 bottles of yummy Suja Elements juice, a dozen cage-free, vegetarian eggs and a gallon of whole organic milk. Total OOP was $1.11. I used this $1.50 Facebook coupon (you don’t have to like them), printed twice, click on this $1.00 off ONE Tide Ultra Stain Release Detergent even if you’ve printed it before, because you need to get to the main coupon page so you can switch zip codes to 77477 and print two more $1.50 coupons under beverages, then finally print two more $1.50 coupons on the Sujajuice.com website. Lots of switching, but this is fantastic juice! And now that you’re at $1 a bottle, use this $1 Whole Foods store coupon to get it for FREE and pay less tax, too! Remember, if you buy over 12 bottles (any variety), you’ll get a 10% case discount, which accounts for the freebie milk and eggs. Since this juice has gone on sale now a few times, I’d definitely print out the mfr coupons since they’ll be gone soon. Also, the link to Whole Foods is for the entire list with expiration dates of May 31, 2014.

Rachel and I had stopped in earlier (she really needs to brush up on her coupon usage – – it’s embarrassing having to wait for her…) and I saw this big sign on the back endcap. Don’t know what made me snap it, ’cause I planned to return within a couple of hours,but I’m sure glad I did: The juice was rinigng up at $4.99 and the signs had been removed. Double happy-dance time! Although in all fairness, no one was other than pleasant and polite and never insisted on seeing proof of the sale. And If’ve found this to be the case each and every time I’ve shopped there.

Back on the Walmart payroll & more free Tide @ Jewel

Posted on March 10, 2014 by The Goddess

Wanted to run a price match on the El Monterey breakfast burritos but the Glen Ellyn Walmart is such a clusterf**k during construction that you go from being carded for booze when you first walk in to being asked if you need help to your car by the time you check out. Sucks the life force out of you faster than raising children will.

I “only” had six of the $5.00 off any two Almay Cosmetic Products, but used the overage from the make-up removers to grab a couple of bags of taters, Tootsie Roll Pops, a Hello Kitty notebook and a birthday card for PITA – total OOP was -$5.39, which I had them put back on my gift card. Still no Hydroxy shakes on the shelf or in the back.

Stopped in at Jewel because I had a few more Tide coupons to use. Jewel has the breakfast burritos for a buck and used the $1.00 off any one El Monterey Breakfast Burrito, so free, and definitely not worth my time and gas to drive to Meijer or a larger Walmart for 12¢ overage! I got $1 overage from the $3 cheez doodles printable (1 day coupon offer only), used one $2/3 and a bunch of the $1 Tide printables. OOP was 94¢

Stopped at the Lisle Food Pantry to drop off more Caress soap and some plush toys for Easter baskets; told them to expect some nice things to come their way from the April 19th coupon/stockpile swap at the Lisle Library.

Post edit with Q links: Targeting Jewel

Posted on March 9, 2014 by The Goddess

Ooh, clever little title, huh? Those silly little bottles of Tide that sprang up all over at price points ranging from $1.49 (on sale) to $2.99 (at Target) have been reduced to 99¢ at Jewel. Three will cost you $2.97 less the $2/3 coupon in the March P&G insert. After high tax, you’ll be paying between 38 – 40¢ a five-load bottle. The older stockpile bottles I have are 30 loads, but I believe they’ve since reduced the size (to save us money!!).

Here’s the two links that reader notsyrup mentioned in her comment below. The printables have the same wording as the P&G ones:

$1.00 off ONE Tide Plus Collection Detergent

$1.00 off ONE Tide Ultra Stain Release Detergent

~~So even if the current bottles are still 30 loads, your six bottles will cost you about $2.25!~~ Current sizes for the Ultras, etc. are 24 loads, or just under 5 bottles; your cost will be approximately $1.90. And this size is not only perfect for perching on the laundry shelf, but a blessing for those with arthritis and/or poor muscle tone. Stock up and remember, you can post-redeem your coupons at Jewel for up to 60 days. btw, i have a few more than pictured…

Target currently has a mobile coupon for $15 off a $40 purchase of UP and UP products (I believe it will be available in most Sunday papers, too) for a one-time use: Text UPANDUP to 827438 and you’ll get the coupon.

I grabbed three boxes of the diaper wipes ’cause let’s face it, we all love diaper wipes! Use them for wiping down furniture, dashboards, wood floors…they leave a nice clean scent and you don’t have to worry about harmful chemicals.

I had one of the 2-ct Archer Farms K-cup printables left (no longer available), so grabbed a package and four of the Oscar Meyer P3 snack packs, selling for $1.50 each. There is a $0.75 off OSCAR MAYER P3 PORTABLE PROTEIN PACK printable and a 50% off deal on Cartwheel, so FREE.

Total OOP after paper coupons, mobile coupons, Cartwheel and REDcard was $26.84 – less than the price of two boxes of wipes or a penny a wipe! but now i have no excuse for dirty floors…

Post update: Giving away more free pet food at Jewel!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by The Goddess

Returned to Jewel with all my coupons – you can see the total written by customer service on the bottom. Forgot to mention the real reason I bought the Post Raisin Bran for FirstBorn – there was a FREE milk coupon (up to $4) in the 2/9 S. That basically only scored me a half gallon because every store in a six county area seems to be out of organic milk! So add the 1/2 gallon to my earlier total of 29¢

I’m too lazy to list all the coupon inserts, so just use the handy-dandy Find a Coupon tab on the top of the page. I keep it open when shopping so I’m already to spring for a deal!

First of all, thanks so much to the reader for this alert because this is NOT my Lisle Jewel, but the one in Downers Grove called the Saratoga store (it’s on the Ogden/Saratoga corner). In total I got 9 bags of Beneful at $1.99 each (will return with $2 coupons), 3 bags of PurinaOne for $2.10 ($3 coupons), Iams cat food for $1.49 ($2 printable on P&G site), 8 packs of Friskies treats at 40¢ each ($1/2 coupons in several inserts). Lots of cans of Friskies wet food, Iams Healthy dry bags, Mom’s AND Grandma’s down to $2.50 (?), but no coupons, so no purchase. Also lots of both cat and dog food Be Happy, the Purina brand, but no coupons and I really stocked up on those at Dominicks when there were valid coupons! Happy hunting! I grabbed a couple of boxes of Raisin Bran for FirstBorn, who is convinced we have no food in the house. Hates Reese’s Puff, Cheerios (both plain and PB), Shredded Wheat (both original and honey nut), Cocoa Krispies…well, you get the idea. Oh, also a pack of corn tortillas.

The tables in the back of the store also held stacks of Brawny single rolls for 50¢ each and the two-packs of the Bounty Dura-towels that were so free at Meijer (I loved those!), but I think they were $1.25 and there are only 25¢ available…and let’s face it, I’m not exactly running low on paper towels these days!

OOP was $35.75 ($33.29 subtotal) and paid with my Staples VISA card. I’ll return with $33 in coupons.

more free dog food (clearance cart)

Posted on February 19, 2014 by The Goddess

I was actually stopping by to post-redeem my Orville popcorn coupons, but naturally I had to check the Jewel clearance cart. Actually, I hit up the Osco cart, too! Six bags of Purina One beyOnd, two Beneful, two Wild Harvest frozen waffles, four Lysine+ tubes, Centrum prenatal vitamins. Total before coupons was $42.40. Paid with a $42 Staples Visa card and change. Came home, clipped and printed coupons: $18 for the beyOnd, $4 for the Beneful, $3 for the Centrum and $8 for the Lysine+. Total amount in coupons is/was $33. Waffles were 75¢ each and tax was $2.55.

soporific drug makers upset over recent Jewel ads…

Posted on February 13, 2014 by The Goddess

decent price ($1.45/lb) on asparagus, everything else is Snoozapalooza. i guess someone else will have to win all that Monopoly money…bwahahahahaha

Good deals in new Jewel ad

Posted on February 5, 2014 by The Goddess

yeah, i thought so, too…

Freezer finds @ Jewel (clearance, of course)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by The Goddess

Freezer endcap at Jewel (Lisle) usually holds clearance items…today there were LOTS of boxes of the Wild Harvest blueberry waffles for 75¢ (I only took 10), cartons of non-dairy Richwhip for 50¢ and various Smart Source products for $2.22 and $2.28. Go nuts.

Out and about shopping…my good deed pays off

Posted on February 2, 2014 by The Goddess

Waited until Superbowl was well and truly underway before heading out to the stores – that nuts I am not! Stopped at Jewel to post-redeem some coupons and grab a few of their new Big Book of Savings. Nothing particularly fascinating, but since they’re store coupons and don’t expire until 2/25, they’ll have time to prove themselves. While there saw an employee about to leave – – a non-driving employee. Offered to drive him home…to Westmont (the things I do!). Since I would be driving past the 63rd St. Target on my return, decided to stop for more “stuff.”

Between my $9/2 Reveal lighting products mfr coupons, the $2 Target coupons and Cartwheel plus the slight overage on the Iams cat food, I needed overage stuff. Converse shoes were $8.98 on clearance (in PITA’s size!), I can always use more vinegar for laundry, Lay’s chips we won’t discuss and the big one…the Magic the Gathering set. Why? Look closely at the next photo.

The boxes with the “Do Not Back Stock” stickers are ringing up at $8.98, the same set without the sticker is $29 (as are all other varieties). You do the math.

Total OOP after coupons, Cartwheel and REDcard was $16.14. I’m liking this chain!

Continuing home, stopped at Wags for a few FARR items – it was like a ghost town in there – nobody to bug me!

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